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Who should consider PLDD?
This procedure is specifically designed for patients with disc problems accompanied by the following:
- Severe leg, arm, neck or lower back pain.
- Pain that has not responded to six weeks of conservative treatments, e.g., bed rest, medications or physical therapy.
- Herniated lumbar discs confirmed by x-ray studies that may include one or more of the following:
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- CAT Scanning
- Myelography
- Discography
Who should NOT consider PLDD:
This procedure is not specifically designed for the following:
- Patients who have pain not caused by a herniated disc.
- Patients with arthritis of the spinal joints, or bone spurs that may cause a similar type of pain.
- Patients who have large fragments of nuclear material outside the annulus.
- Patients who have severe spinal stenosis due only to build-up of bone in the spinal canal; patients who have spinal stenosis due to disc bulging, the most common kind, ARE TREATABLE with PLDD.
- Patients with second or third degree spondylolisthesis.
- Patients who have cancer in the spine.
CALL NOW to find out if PLDD is right for you.
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"I had excruciating pain with very little mobility in my neck and right arm for about 7 months... Dr. Choy did his laser procedure on my two discs in his office, as an out patient. Initially I had mixed results, the pain was gone in some areas but new pain had developed. Today, more than nine months later I am much improved. I have full range of motion in my neck, much of the muscle atrophy has been reversed and I am practically free of pain."
–Martin J. Naughton
"The [procedure] itself was as swift as you had promised. We
[treated] the two disks (L4-5 and S1-L5),
and like so many others, I sat up on the table
and my pain was already dramatically reduced.
When I saw you the next morning, it had gone
down even more and has continued to abate.
Dr. Choy, you did more than take away the
unbearable pain. You gave me my life back."
—Gina Kazimir
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